Walking toy



A. GUND mm TOY Filed Sept 15 l 1923 March 9 1.9.26.

INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 9, 1925.

' UNITED STATES 1,576,435 PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLIE GUlFD, OF NEW YORK,'1\T.'Y.

' WALKING: roY.

Application filed September 15, 1923. Serial No. 662,923.

To 'aZZ whom it may concern: Be it known that I, AnoLr GUND, a c1t1- zen of the United States, and a resldent of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx,

supporting surface, it will simulate movements of walking. 7

t is a further object of the invention to construct a toy in such manner that the movements of walking are carried out automatically without the use of olockworks, springs, or other similar forms of powersupplying mechanism.

With the above and otherobjects in view, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which l I Figure l-is a longitudinal sectional view of a toy constructed in accordance with the present invention, the sectional view being taken on the line 11 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the interior mechanism, the sectional view being taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4: is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the parts in a different positionduring the operation of the mechanism.

Referring more specificall to the drawings, the reference character 5 designates the body of atoy, and in thepresent instance the body is constructed inlimitation ofa dog or other animal of the quadruped type. body 5 is preferably filled with suitable stuffing 6, and mounted within the body and surrounded by the stuffing 6, is a channelshaped frame 7. Mounted upon each side of the channel-shaped frame, at the front end,

is a housing 8, and at each side of therear end of the channel-shaped frame 7, there are two similar housings 9.

Extending into each of the limb extensions of the body, there is a support, and such supports are designated as 10 and 11. The ref- The ercnce character 10 designates the front sup: ports and the reference. character 11 desig nates the rear supports. As more clearly shown in Fig. 3, the front supportlO onthe right-hand side of the body is pivotally con-.

nected, as at 12, in the sides of the channelshaped frame 7,.there being a depressed portlon 13, said support extendingv upwardly into the right-hand housing 8. The lefthand support 10 extends upwardlythrough the left hand housing 8 and is pivotally mounted in the sides of the channel-shaped frame, 7, as at 14, this support having an upwardly bent portion 15. The rear supports 11 are mounted in the same manner as the forward supports, that is, the right rear support is pivotally mounted in the channel-shaped frame as at 16, and hasa depressed portion 17 corresponding to the depressed portion 13 of the front support on its respective side, while the left-hand rear support 11 is mounted in'the sides of the channel as 'atwl9, andv has an upwardly bent portion '20 corresponding to the upwardly bentportion 15 of the forward support on its respective side. v s

The reference character 21 designates a guide member formed of resilient material and having a centrally disposed portion 22 which forms a guide for a flat member 23.

This flat member '23 is provided at its for ward end with notches 24 and 25 adapted to receive the downwardly'bent portion 13-0f the right front support and the upwardly bent portion 15 of the left front support,

respectively. The rearfendof thisfiat member 23 is provided with notches 26 and 27 adaptedto receive the downwardly bent portion 17 of the right rear supportingmember and the upwardly bent portion 20 of the leftrear supporting member, respectively. This member 23 is adapted to lie in avertical.

plane and is carried by the supports 10 and i 11, and is maintained iirthis position byreason of its being received within the centrally disposed portion 22 of the: guide member 21.

Attached to the front portion of the toy, there is astring or other suitable device, 30, for pulling the toy along, and 'it'is by this means that the toy is moved over a suitable supporting surface.

By the construction of the supports 10 and 11 and the manner of pivotally connecting them by member 23, the front and rear supports on each side are caused to move simultaneously and parallel to one another, so that the toy is canted first to oneside and then to the other.

WVith the parts in the position shown in Fig. 1, the right front support is shown as forward, as is also the right rear support,

and the body is canted slightly to the right, as shown in Fig. 3. If, now, the toy be moved forward by means of the string 30, the weight is supported upon the right front support 10 and the right rear support 11 and the body moved'forwardly upon the pivotal points 12 and l6 of the} supports 10" and 11 respectively. In movi'ngjforward from Fig. 3, the body tips or cants to the left, inwhich position it is shown in Fig, 4, and the weight is transferred from the right-hand supports 10 and 11 to the lefthand supports 10 and 11, and occupies the position shown in Fig. 4. 'Each time that the weight of the body is transferred from the supports on one side to the supports on the other side andthe body moves forwardly, the supports from which the weight is relieved are moved forwardly by the actionof the body, this being accomplished through the medium of the'reciprocating member 23 and itsconnection with the supports 10 and 11.

From the foregoing it is apparent that.

the present invention provides a toy which when moved along a supporting surface will simulate the movements of an animal walking, and that the use of clockworks or other power devices for this purpose, is eliminated. It is to be understood that the terms right and left employed in the description of this invention, are used when viewing the toy from the front thereof, rather than pertaining to the right and left sides of the toy; e What is claimed is: V

V 1. In a walking toy, a body,- a frame car'- ried by said body, a plurality of supports simulating limbs, said' supports being pivotally mounted in the'frame and connected in pairs, means for limiting the movement of the supports, "a reciprocating member mounted for sliding movement in the frame and pivotally connecting each front-4 support with a rear support on the same side, and means for moving the body along a supporting surface, said reciprocating member serving to cant the body 'and' th'ereby transfer the weight of the body from one side to the other to'cause a movement of the supports as the body is moved over the supporting surface.

- 2. In a walking toy, a body, a substantialchannel-shaped frame mounted in said body, housings at the front and rear ends of said frame, a pair of supports pivotally mounted in said housings at the front of the body and simulating limbs for the body, a pair of supportspivotally mounted in said housings at the rear of the body and simulating limbs for the body, a centrally disposed reciprocating member slidably mounted in said frame, and means for pivotally connecting the front and rear supports on the same side with the said member, whereby when the toy is moved over a surface it will be canted first to one side and then to the other. e

"3. In'a walking toy, a body, a channelshaped frame mounted in said body and having a housing at each end, afront support and a rear supportmounted in each side of said body and pivotally mounted in said channel shaped frame and working in the housings andbeing limited in movement by said housings, and a reciprocating member in the frame and pivotally connecting the front and rear supports on each side to operate in unison, whereby as the body is moved along a'supporting surface the body will be canted and the weight thereof transferred alternately from the front and rear supports on one side to the front andrear supports onfthe opposite sideto simulate those on the opposite sideof the body alternately as the body is moved along a support ing surface to simulate the movements of walking, said means comprising a reciprocating member mounted in the frame and pivotally connecting the supports on the same side to operate in unison.

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